IMEline Roebers

Eline Roebers grew up in Amsterdam and began chess at seven. Her father Jan is a FIDE master, and her coaches have included international master Robert Ris. In 2020 she won the online World Girls' Under-14 Championship. She shared first place at Belgium's Brugse Meesters in 2021 and won on tiebreak. That year she also earned individual bronze on board two at the European Women's Team Championship. In January 2022 she became the first woman and youngest player to win the Untergrombach Open. She won the Dutch youth championship's open division later that year and became an international master. At the 2022 Olympiad she earned individual silver on board one. She has also won the Dutch Women's Championship. In the 2023 Women's World Cup she won her first three matches by two games to nil before losing to Harika Dronavalli. At the 2024 Tata Steel Challengers she defeated the two highest seeds, Hans Niemann and Mustafa Yılmaz, although she lost her other games.